Kana Ohtsuki "I Will Make You Happy"
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Kana Ohtsuki
OHTSUKI Kana has continued to depict the girl—a motif both ephemeral and beautiful, yet seemingly eternal—while suggesting through her works the many emotions and events that shape contemporary society. Since the days of neutron, the predecessor of PAKUPAKUAN, she has presented numerous landmark exhibitions and unveiled many of her representative works.
For this solo exhibition, OHTSUKI focuses primarily on new works in Line Painting, seeking to discover something tangible and certain within a world in constant flux. In truth, the material things and beings with which we engage have no outlines. Contour lines are merely a convention devised for the practical purpose of representing three-dimensional objects with mass on a two-dimensional surface. Yet in contemporary society, things that possess little mass or energy, as well as phenomena that resist clear perception, are proliferating. As a means of making their presence perceptible, OHTSUKI draws lines across the picture plane as though sculpting its surface.
Overlaying the afterimage of the girl—a presence that can never be fixed, even for an instant—with the idea of “peace,” a concept so often regarded as an idealistic fantasy in every age, OHTSUKI puts forward a new way of thinking, which she calls “Super Peace.”
For this solo exhibition, OHTSUKI focuses primarily on new works in Line Painting, seeking to discover something tangible and certain within a world in constant flux. In truth, the material things and beings with which we engage have no outlines. Contour lines are merely a convention devised for the practical purpose of representing three-dimensional objects with mass on a two-dimensional surface. Yet in contemporary society, things that possess little mass or energy, as well as phenomena that resist clear perception, are proliferating. As a means of making their presence perceptible, OHTSUKI draws lines across the picture plane as though sculpting its surface.
Overlaying the afterimage of the girl—a presence that can never be fixed, even for an instant—with the idea of “peace,” a concept so often regarded as an idealistic fantasy in every age, OHTSUKI puts forward a new way of thinking, which she calls “Super Peace.”
Schedule | Nov 7 (Sat) 2026-Nov 15 (Sun) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.pakupakuan.jp/exhibition/iwillmakeyouhappy.html | ||||
| Venue | Paku Paku An http://www.pakupakuan.jp/ | ||||
| Address | 2-17-14 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 4a at Gaienmae Station on the Ginza line, 10 minute walk from exit 5 at Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3402-3021 |
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